Friends of the Barnhill Rock Garden, Broughty Ferry

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The Evergreen Nursery at Murroes Farm, nr Kellas is offering Friends of the Barnhill Rock Garden a 10% discount when spending over £10 at the Nursery. They will accept a current membership card as proof of membership. (DISCOUNT DOES NOT APPLY TO COMPOST, GIFT VOUCHERS OR DELIVERIES)

Sunday, 15th August:
Visitors to the Rock Garden today were able to enjoy a concert by the Tayport Instrumental Band in glorious sunshine

Wednesday, 28th July:
Friends of the Garden and Michael Laird, were delighted to receive the fourth Green Flag earned by the Barnhill Rock Garden for 2010-2011. This year they were joined by representatives from Trottick Ponds and Baxter Park for the presentation.

Sunday, 25th July:
The City of Discovery Band entertained Friends and members of the public at the Rock Garden with a varied programme finishing with a selection of Scottish songs.

Saturday, 3rd July 2010
Members of the West of Scotland Horticultural Society visited the Rock Garden as part of a tour they were undertaking of gardens of the East of Scoitland with Brightwater Holidays. Michael Laird and two members of the Friends met the visitors and after a short talk about the history of the Garden the Friends took them on conducted tours around the Rock Garden

Wednesday, 9th June 2010
Monifieth Ladies Group enjoyed a visit to the garden which included tours conducted by John Grocott and Jim Millan followed by refreshments in the Geddes Glasshouse supplied by the Friends.

Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
Pupils from Primary 1 classes of Strathmore Primary School in Forfar visited the Rock Garden as part of their day's outing to Broughty Ferry. At the Garden with the help of the Countryside Rangers, Friends of the Garden and Michael Laird, the Gardener, they were able to enjoy a number of activities, including a "Beastie Search" and learning how to plant seeds, despite the poor weather. (No photos of this event)

Sunday, 16th May 2010
The garden received a visit from some members of the Angus Branch of the Scottish Rock Garden.   They were shown around by members of the Friends' Garden Team and Michael Laird, the resident Gardener following which refreshments were on offer in the Geddes Glasshouse.  The Angus Group presented the Friends with some very welcome and special plants for use in the Garden

Saturday 3rd April 2010
Friends of the Barnhill Rock Garden raised £781.00, after expenses, at their Coffee Morning in Broughty Ferry on Saturday, April 3, thanks to great support from their members and other local residents. This sum will help with the purchase of alpine plants for their re-built Scree Bed which Friends have been working on all winter.

Saturday 24th April 2010
Saturday, 24th April saw the Friends carrying out their annual Spring Clean-up assisted by Cub Scouts from Monifieth. The rain held off and in fact the sun was shining by the time we left the Garden. As in previous years we were taking part in the Beautiful Scotland National Spring Clean Week and were joined by 25 Friends, 10 Cub Scouts and two of their leaders. With the Cub Scouts taking care of the "litter pick" the Friends were able to concentrate on weeding and starting work on planting up the newly renovated west end of the Scree Bed."

Saturday, 31st October 2009
Cub Scouts from the 1st Monifieth Scout Group were at the Barnhill Rock Garden on Saturday with their leaders, Lisa and David Tennant where with some of the Friends of the Barnhill Rock Garden they were able to take part in "pond dipping", tree recognition and bark rubbing to help them gain their Naturalist badges.  They ended their visit with a walk through the neighbouring Nature Reserve and a visit to the sand-martin nesting site.

 

Wednesday, 28 th October 2009.
John Grocott and Jim Millan, representing the Friends of the Barnhill Rock Garden, attended the Beautiful Scotland Annual Seminar in Motherwell where they were presented with a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement under the Beautiful Scotland Neighbourhood Awards Scheme for the first part of the Friends’ Scree Bed renovation project. The judge awarded the Friends 94 points out of a possible 100 and congratulated them for maintaining such a high standard.

Wednesday, 14th October 2009
Owing to a throat infection,  Alan Graham  has had to postpone his talk to the Friends of the Barnhill Rock Garden due to take place next Wednesday, 14th October.  However, one of our own members Daphne Barbieri, has agreed to fill the breach and will be showing her "Secret Gardens of Broughty Ferry" films instead.  The meeting will take place in the Age Concern Hall, Brook Street, Broughty Ferry at 7.30 pm, and visitors are welcome.  Entrance is free and refreshments will be available.

Saturday, 3 rd October 2009
Friends of the Barnhill Rock Garden braved the gale-force winds on Saturday to carry out their Autumn Clean-up operation and enjoyed the soup, sandwiches and cake provided by other Friends at lunch-time. At least 30 members turned up for the event and were able to tidy up the areas for which the Friends are responsible. Photos shows some of the Friends of the Garden

Wednesday 9th September 2009
The Friends of the Barnhill Rock Garden held their twelfth Annual General Meeting at the Age Concern Hall in Broughty Ferry. In her first report as Chairman, Mary Saunders said that it had been a very good year for the Rock Garden and hoped the Friends and Council working together would be able to keep up the momentum.

Mary Saunders was re-elected as Chairman and John Grocott as Vice Chairman. Heather Dailly continues as Treasurer, Jim Millan as Secretary; Kate Grocott as Membership Secretary and Anne Hesketh as Minute Secretary. Tom Neilson, Ann Smith and Isobel Turner were all re-elected as Committee Members. Sheila and Ronald Harden resigned due to other commitments and were thanked for their support over the previous twelve years.

The resident Gardener, Michael Laird gave his report on the past year and Daphne Barbieri presented a film of the Friends’ activities during the past twelve months.

A vote of thanks was given by Ann Smith.

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The Friends’ Garden Team and Michael Laird, the Resident Gardener hoisted their new Green Flag for 2009-2010 on Monday, 10th August.



The last of the children’s events in the Garden took place on Thursday, 13th August with story-reading by one of our local librarians.

The Tayport Instrumental Band were at the Rock Garden on Sunday, August 16 and entertained an audience of over 90 people.  Although it was windy the morning rain cleared away allowing the Concert to take place in patchy sunshine